Monthly Archives: November 2004
Review: Green Oasis and Jay Park
Two interesting mash-ups have strayed across my radar screen recently. I like them both, but they also reveal some interesting things about the bands involved and the whole genre itself.
Set Your TiVo!
Word on the street is, it happens tonight, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, Ken Jennings, master of his Jeopardy domain, loses. I won’t share the details of how or what the question is, but a few newspapers have carried the story. He’ll also be on Letterman tonight, so tune in!
Michael Collins
Greetings, fellow fans of low culture, nice to be onboard Kulturblog. For my niche, I will focus on documentary films, a genre which seems to be getting a bit more popular these days. And I’m fairly liberal in defining the genre — it doesn’t have to be a grainy, black-and-white film in French with subtitles to be a documentary. My first victim, for example, is Michael Collins, starring Liam Neeson (shown at left, dramatically gesticulating) as the famous Irish nationalist. Well, famous if you spent high school reading books about Irish history rather than mastering the latest first-person shooter video game. I finally rented this DVD last week to figure out who Michael Collins was and why he deserves a movie starring Liam Neeson.
Review of Team America: World Police
I confess, I’m a huge South Park fan. On occasion, they’ll go a bit overboard, even for the likes of me. But the satire is so spot-on so often it’s hard not to watch. Take last week’s episode about competitive TV news reporting, and how they sucker you in by making you believe living is fraught with danger. I’m surprised the show hasn’t yet lost its way, unlike other animated series (cough*Simpsons*cough).
Hollywood in bed with right wing media?
Update 12.3.04: Today’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle features a print ad for "Christmas with the Kranks." Four ‘film critics’ are included in the ad. Gorman Woodfin of CBN’s The 700 Club — who is mentioned below; the Film Advisory Board, a group that promotes children- and family-oriented entertainment and has developed an alternative ratings system to the MPAA; Cheryl Barber, co-host of Good News TV, a Christian talk show that air on Faith TV; and Trish Ragsdale of Family Net, a television network owned by the Southern Baptist Convention.
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